🏈 Make no mistake about it, I don't like behavioral issues on the Tide team. But this gets on my nerv

[TerryP]

It's such a sad indictment on some of the press in today's age:

Take these two examples from the last 24 hours.

1) The headline: Weekend riot followed Alabama recruit's party

Notice the first two paragraphs in the article:

A Saturday night disturbance in downtown Monroe in which one man was injured followed a party held for Alabama commitment Cameron Sims at Austin’s on the River.

Though police received reports of shots fired following the party, the incidents were not believed to have taken place at Austin’s or to have involved Sims.

2) The headline: Alabama freshman cornerback Tony Brown pepper sprayed, arrested for allegedly threatening police

You can read the article, or the release by the Tuscaloosa Police Dept. in the thread on Brown, and you'll find one thing: the allegation comes from how this article was titled.

 

[rick4bama]

Anything to bad mouth the program.

 

[PhillyGirl]

The news loves to sensationalize this crap, be it an Alabama player or a player from Pittsburg State or Lafayette College.

There was recently an article written about a small town near where I grew up, about it being one of the "Top 10 Most Dangerous Small Towns" (also the title of the article) in the state. The piece went on to describe how the towns in the list were the ones who "reported the most crime". Which is not the same as being a dangerous town, lol.

This is (one reason) why I can't stand the media .. They twist and turn every little thing, create nothing out of something, twist statistics, etc. Not exactly breaking stuff here, but thought it related since journalism doesn't seem to mind sensationalizing some college kid's night :shake:


EDIT: Though I do not mean to imply that what happened re: the players was right or justified. Just that the media took the events and spun them into another animal. Hoping CNS handles it all appropriately and that this stuff stops fast ..

 

[Argo]

Make no mistake Terry, if you read it in a news article, there is a very good chance they are making it 10 times worse than it really was. It amazes me how some things read in a news article, especially when I KNOW what was released to news agencies. It's like every journalist is looking for the headline attention grabber. Sometimes a dumbass kid gets arrested for being a dumbass kid. Not the end of the world, not a riot. And I'm willing to bet there wasn't a news article on every individual who got arrested for disorderly conduct type arrest for the weekend either.

 

[rammerjammer]

News is interested in one thing. Money! While newsprint is a a dead media (for the most part) they sensationalize the titles to hook you into clicking on their link/article. It boils down to traffic across their site. Sell, sell, sell. While the devil is in the details and the truth of the article may be found deeper in it, how many folks will actually read the article.

Side note*** Newspaper articles are written at a 6th-7th grade level. Found that interesting.

 

[PhillyGirl]

News is interested in one thing. Money! While newsprint is a a dead media (for the most part) they sensationalize the titles to hook you into clicking on their link/article. It boils down to traffic across their site. Sell, sell, sell. While the devil is in the details and the truth of the article may be found deeper in it, how many folks will actually read the article.

Side note*** Newspaper articles are written at a 6th-7th grade level. Found that interesting.

YIKES. Sad commentary, lol.

 

[TheChief]

Grandma always said nothing good happens after midnight.

 

[shipley00]

I'm someone who thinks there are WAY too many frivolous lawsuits in this country, but "reporters" just blatantly misrepresent the facts, especially in their bylines. I few well placed, well publicized slander suits might tilt things back towards the norm a bit.